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Footage: UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson used his debut at the House of Commons dispatch box to accuse Russia of bombing an aid convoy in Aleppo, and asked why anti-war activists have not mounted protests outside the Russian Embassy in London. #AleppoHouseofCommonsDebate.

British MPs are to hold an emergency 3-hour Syria debate as top Tory MP Andrew Mitchell accuses Russia of acting like the Nazis pre-WW II, destroying the United Nations and its ability to act in the same way the Germans and the Italians destroyed the League of Nations in the 1930's, and shredding international law by authorising air strikes against civilians in Aleppo.

Footage: Alleged Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army members 'reclaim' what is known as the "IS flag" by kissing it and flying it with pride after capturing more territory from the so-called IS in Northern Aleppo.